Hi,
I’m a junior in high school and I’ve heard a multitude of different things about colleges accepting twins, triplets, and even quadruplets. Almost every year around this time, I see “So-and-So Quadruplets accepted into (name Ivy-League college here)!”
But, as amazing as being a quadruplet is, we are all extremely different from each other. We vary in interests, grades, and life-goals, and even gender (I’m the only girl!)
That’s where I wonder, does being a multiple, even though my grades are much more competitive in relation to theirs, give me a higher chance of getting accepted into the colleges I want?
Will a college give me more consideration if I meet their criteria just because I’m a quadruplet?
(I hate using the fact that I’m a quad as some sort of leverage over other people, but I’m just simply curious)
Here’s some of my info just to put this whole thing into perspective:
GPA: 4.0 unweighted (105 weighted on transcript)
Class Rank: 22/36? (I don’t know the exact number)
SAT: waiting on scores
ACT: didn’t do well, 28 composite, retaking in a couple weeks
Course load: NYS does an advanced regents diploma, which I qualified for; taken all honors classes, pre-calculus, took AP Bio, AP US History (waiting on these scores, had 95-97s throughout school year)
excited for AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Psychology, AP Calculus next year
5 years taking college-level Mandarin Chinese (taking my 6th year next year)
2 years in PLTW Biomedical Science courses
multitudes of science electives
EC’s: I’ve worked two restaraunts (one for one year and another I’ve been working in for 3), during the winter I’ve worked as a ski intructor (5 years there, I teach all ages, 4-5 y/os are adorable by the way), 5 year varsity swimmer, 5-time NYSAA scholar athlete
Model UN, badmitton club, environmental club, 150+ hours of community service
My brothers’ averages range from 87-95 (I’m not 100% sure about their stats). 2 are top varsity golfers in our section. Leaning towards majoring in sports management and/or sports-related business. One is a very talented and avid writer, wants to major in creative writing and possibly teach high school English. I’m leaning towards pre-med or biology majors, I’m really interested in medicine and neuroscience.
So far, I think I’m a pretty good candidate for the colleges I’d like to apply to (Stony Brook, Drexel, Providence, and my reach schools-Dartmouth and Duke). I’d like to think I’m pretty well rounded and can advocate for myself, which I think can be helpful qualities in this process. Also, I like to speak a lot, so typing this out wasn’t entirely that painful (reading this all might be) and I hope I got my point across.
So, would being a quadruplet help or hurt my chances???
(Thank you to anyone that responds and tolerates my extensive use of parentheses throughout this post.)